When I was a kid I used to LOVE these books called Choose Your Own Adventure. It was empowering to believe I had a choice in how the story unfolded.

Your life is a lot like those books.

YOUR life is an adventure. Every decision you make leads you down a path. Had you made a different decision at any point in your life you would be a completely different person. Maybe have a different family. A different job. Live in a different city. Have a totally different life.

The decisions don’t stop once you have a family of your own. There are still PLENTY of opportunities to be in the driver’s seat of your adventure.

I cared about what my kids ate, read and played for hours on end and then some, nursed for over two years, and put them to bed at a good time after lying in their bed until they drifted off to dream land.